now we are developing alternative ways to conduct oversight in afghanistan's evolving security environment. for example we have local nationals on our staff who are not subject to the same security restrictions that our american employees are. in some cases we may have to rely on them. we are also exploring the use of geospatial imaging and finally we will continue to cooperate and work with our other inspector general's offices to see if we can combine our activities are come up with the best practices to do oversight. these tools are helpful but they are not perfect. the golden standard, the gold standard i should say on oversight is a u.s. government employee who is trained to do oversight going out and inspecting a site and kicking the tires. but unfortunaunfortuna tely they may not be able to do that for very much longer in afghanistan. i am particularly grateful to ambassador cunningham and general allen for their continued expressions of support for our work. both promise me during my latest visit that they would ensure that our people would be able to access the same locations that